Folding bed



(No Model.)

A. S. BUTTRBY.

FOLDING BED. No. 392,585. Patented Nov. 1s, 1888,.

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ALBERT S. BUTTREY, OF QUINCY, ILLINIS.

FGLING BED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 392,585, dated NovemberI3, 1888.

Application filed April 2G, 1858. Serial No. 271,958. (No model.)

To all whom it may conceive.-

Beitknown that I, ALBERT S. BUTTREY, of Quincy, in the county of Adamsand ISiate 0f Illinois, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Folding Beds; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full,clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, andto the gures and letters of reference marked thereon.

The present invention relates to that class of beds which are adapted tobe folded up during the day and assume the appearance of a wardrobe ordresser, the object of the invention being to improve the constructionof the bed, whereby it may be more easily folded up or let down; and tothis end the invention consists in providing the bed with an improvedspring or springs, together with certain novel details of constructionand combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafterdescribed, and pointed out particularly in the claims at the end of thisspecification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a View of a bed with one of theside sections of the upright portion removed. Fig. 2 is a View lookingstraight at the rear side of the head-section with the bed down. Fig. 3is a View of the bottom with the bed folded up. Fig. 4 is a view of thepreferred form ofspring with guides and brackets.

Similar letters of reference in the several iigures indicate the sameparts.

The stationary head-section ol the bed consists ofaframe, such as isordinarily employed, constructed of the two side boards, A A, with topand bottom cross-braces, B B, at the rear and a projecting ornamentalfront section, C, at the bottom, in front.

The rectangular frame D, forming the bed portion proper, is uished onthe under side, D, to resemble a wardrobe or dresser, as before stated,legs being provided at the foot, which,when the bed is folded up, formthe top ornaments. In folding, the bed hinges on pivotsE,passinglthrough the sides of the rectangular frame D and into theupright side portions at the points indicated in the drawings.

In order to present a more finished appearance and preventthedisarrangemeutof the bedclothes in folding the bed, the head-board F ishinged tothe end of frameDat thelower edge and guided in ways G at thetop,whereby it is caused to move down when the bed is folded and toassume its proper position when the bed is down.

Springs H are employed to assist in raising the bed to folded positionand to retard its motion while being lowered, preferably being two innumber, one being located on the stationary upright portion and theother on the movable frame D. The one on the stationary por-' tion islocated beneath the projecting ornamental front, allowing the frame D tooccupy a large portion of the space in the stationary portion andassisting materially in rendering the whole apparatus of neat andcompact design. To accommodate the spring on the frame D, the head-boardI of the frame is inclined inward at the bottom, forming a triangularspace, in which the spring is located, as shown in Fig. 3, the ends K ofthe side sections forming the necessary supports, dto.

The preferred form of spring consists of a slotted tubular guide, or,what is equivalent thereto, two guides, L L, (see Fig. 4,) held inbrackets M M, secured to the sides ofthe frame. These guides arepreferably cast integral with one bracket and made separate from theother, which has suitable sockets, N N, for the reception of the ends ofthe guides when in place. At one end the guides are provided withsuitable apertures or a pin, to which one end of the springs O I issecured, while at the other end they hold a friction-pulley,Q. Thesprings O P referred to are located,the one,O, inside of the guides andthe other, l?, on the outside, to prevent liability of interference witheach other, the other end of the springs on the frame D being connectedby a flexible connection, S, (such as a cord or chain,) passing aroundthe pulley Q to the stationary section at a point near the end of theguides on such stationary section, and the free ends ofthe springs onthe stationary section,which projects in the opposite direction to thoseon the movable frame A D, are connected to such movableframe in similarmanner.

By the arrangement described and the employment of four springs it willbe seen that the springs do not have to be individually so strong,thereby givinga greater range of movement,which could not be securedwere a single spring of greater power employed, as the space IOO inwhich the spring operates is necessarily limited, and were a singlespring of sufficient power and range employed it would necessarily haveto be of greater length than the width of the bed.

I am aware that it is not broadly new to employ a spring locatedtransversely of the bed and secured thereto at one end, the other endbeing connected by a ilcxible connection to the opposite section tocounterbalance the weight of the movable frame, and I do not wish to beunderstood as claiming such construction broadly.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new is 1. Thecombination, with a folding bed having the upright stationary sectionand the movable rectangular frame, of aspringlocatcd transversely of thebed in the base of the upright stationary section and connected theretoat one end, its opposite end being connected bya llexible connection tothe rectangular frame, and a spring located transversely of the bed onsaid movable rectangular frame and connected thereto at one end, itsopposite end being connected to the stationary upright section,substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a folding bed hav# ing the upright stationarysection and the movable rectangular frame, of asprin glocatedtransversely of the bed in the base of the upright stationary sectionand connected thereto at one end, its opposite end being connected by aflexible connection to the rectangular frame, and a spring locatedtransversely of the bed in a space in the rectangular frame formed byslanting or inclining the head-board of the same, one end of the springbeing connected to the frame and its opposite end by a lleXibleconnection to the stationary upright section, substantially asdescribed.

3. In a folding bed, the combination, with the stationary and movablesections, of guides supported by the sides of the sections, and springslocated, the one on the inside of such guides and the other on theoutside, one end of the springs being connected to the section on whichit is mounted and the opposite end to the other section by a flexibleconnection, substantially as described.

4. In a folding bed, the combination, with the stationary and movablesections having brackets on the sides, and guides held thereby, ofsprings located, the one on the inside of said guides and the other onthe outside, one end of such springs being fastened to one end of theguides, and a ilexible connection passing around a friction-pulley onthe other end of the guide and uniting the free end of the spring withthe opposite section of the bed, 6c

substantially as described.

ALBERT S. BUTTREY.

\Vitnesses:

H. C. BURKE, W. B. MOORE.

